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Yili is located in the west of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, on the northwestern border of the motherland. It is named after the river. The prehistoric Yili experienced hunting, primitive agriculture, animal husbandry and entered the early nomadic era. Sai and Yueshi were the earliest nomadic residents here. During the historical period, Wusun moved west to the Ili River Valley to establish a nomadic country. With the continuous migration of nomads, a multi-ethnic area was formed. This is the only place where the North Road of the Grassland Silk Road passes through. Eastern and Western cultures meet and exchange here, and a splendid grassland culture has been produced.

This time, Yili Prefecture Museum and Wuxi Museum joined hands to launch the "Pumping Years-Xinjiang Yili Grassland Cultural Relics and Ethnic Customs Exhibition" on September 16th. Through more than 100 pieces (sets) of cultural relics exhibits, it not only shows the ancient times of Yili Grassland The rumao drinking blood, the slash-and-burn in the hunting era, the Turkic Khanate in the prosperous period, the important frontier areas under the rule of generals, and the living culture of the Kazakh, the main ethnic group today, have also joined the traditional clothing culture of the Xibe ethnic group. The audience had a more intuitive understanding of the charm of Yili grassland culture and looked for the historical track of nomads.

Exhibition arrangement:

Exhibition: Galloping Years-Xinjiang Yili Grassland Cultural Relics and Ethnic Customs Exhibition

Organizer: Yili Prefecture Museum Wuxi Museum

Time: 2017.9.16-10.29

Venue: Exhibition Hall, Second Floor, West District, Wuxi Museum

Speaking of "South of the Great Yangtze River", Ili, it is a basin surrounded by mountains and held up like stars and moons. There are so many surprises here, endless wilderness, nine legendary suns, and a sea of ​​flowers. , Deserts and streams...Nature has given Yili superior natural conditions and beautiful scenery, while history has left Yili with precious cultural landscapes and unique ethnic customs.

The grassland stone people, the local people are said to be foreign visitors, archaeologists believe that it is related to the early shamanism, and there are also opinions that it was the work of the Turkic people who lived in the Mobei grassland at that time. They stood silently and witnessed the changes in the Asian-European steppe across Xinjiang for thousands of years. They are representative grassland cultural relics left by the nomads of the Asian-European steppe nomads.

On August 12, jointly sponsored by Wuxi Museum and Jiangyin Museum, the "beauty of color and art - fine gold and silver wares exhibition of Jiangyin Museum collection" will be solemnly displayed in the South Hall on the second floor of Central District of Wuxi Museum until October 10.

Gold and silver are the nobles of "natural beauty" in metals. Gold, with the sun like dazzling luster, elegant and gorgeous. Silver, whose color is as pure as moonlight, is free from vulgarity and coldness. Therefore, the processing of gold and silver into utensils or jewelry is the crystallization of gorgeous and precious materials and exquisite and complicated skills, with dual value of wealth and art.

Gold and silver ware occupies an important position in historical relics and is an important carrier of Chinese traditional culture and art. The gold and silver wares in the song and Yuan Dynasties were elegant and beautiful in shape and tasteless in taste, and their materials were close to the secular life. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the inlay technology of gold and silver wares, gems and jades has been popular. The shapes have become more diversified, the decorative patterns are colorful, and the crafts are more sophisticated. Today, the fashionable and ingenious gold and silver products are still sought after by the public.

Among the cultural relics in Jiangyin Museum, there are many gold and silver wares in song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. Among them, the gold hairpin with five flower head phoenix pattern in Song Dynasty has hollow decoration and exquisite workmanship; the gold and silver box with three stars of fulushou in Yuan Dynasty is vividly depicted with auspicious meaning; the gold hairpin of Pavilion character in Ming Dynasty adopts hammering, carving and silk techniques to create pavilions, trees and figures in less than 10 cm space on the gold hairpin, which is full of wonderful place. These gold and silver wares are unique in shape and exquisite in decoration. Many of them are inlaid with precious gems, jades and tourmalines, which are colorful and luxurious.

The exhibition is jointly sponsored by Wuxi Museum and Jiangyin Museum. More than 100 pieces of gold and silver ware are on display, which are the most representative cultural relics of Jiangyin Museum. The first exhibition in Wuxi will provide Wuxi citizens with a valuable opportunity to appreciate the art of ancient Chinese gold and silver.